Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs, AI to Blame
Meta has announced layoffs affecting approximately 8,000 employees, which is about 10% of its workforce. The layoffs are part of a shift towards artificial intelligence, with employees being asked to help train AI systems. Concerns have been raised about the impact of these changes on employee morale and job security in the tech industry.
- ▪Meta is laying off about 8,000 employees as it transitions to an AI-focused model.
- ▪The layoffs began in Singapore and were communicated to employees in various time zones.
- ▪Employees are being tracked to gather data for training AI models, which has caused unrest among staff.
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Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs, AI to Blame John Sexton 7:00 PM | May 20, 2026 AP Photo/Susan Walsh Meta announced layoffs for about 8,000 employees which works out to about 10% of the company's workforce. Employees had been told a month ago that this was coming. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); For the last month, employees at Meta have been on edge.In April, they were told that 8,000 of them, or 10 percent of the work force, would be laid off on May 20 as Meta remade itself for the artificial intelligence era...On Wednesday, the ax fell. The layoffs began in Singapore, where at 4 a.m. local time emails went out to workers who were being laid off.
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